ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,647, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Determining heart failure using diagnostic metrics" was invented by Subham Ghosh (Blaine, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cardiac pacemaker that delivers cardiac pacing therapy that includes delivering the cardiac pacing therapy from a cardiac pacing device, sensing a pacing event from a plurality of electrodes of the pacing device, and sensing an electromechanical signal from an electromechanical sensor of the pacing device. A pre-ejection period is determined in response to the sensed electromechanical signal, and a left ventricular ejection time is deter...